Terra Verde

07.27.07 - 1:00pm

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07.20.07 - 1:00pm

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Jeffrey Weidenhamer and Michael Clement, chemists at Ashland University in Ohio, have examined the composition of children’s jewelry and key chains made in China and determined that some contained toxics that probably originated in e-waste from the U.S. We are joined by Sarah Westervelt of Basel Action Network and Steve Lautze, of the city of … Continued

07.13.07 - 1:00pm

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Toxic Fire Retardants This week, an important bill is moving through the California Senate which would ban cancer-causing chlorinated and brominated flame retardants from furniture and bedding. Terre Verde discusses this ground-breaking bill, as well as the future of green chemistry in California, with guests Arlene Blum, a biochemist and visiting scholar at UC Berkeley; … Continued

07.06.07 - 1:00pm

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Livewires: Youth Take Action on Energy Youth from California Youth Energy Services and the Stanford American Indian Organization, a participant in the Energy Action Coalition, will discuss how Bay Area youth, faced with the prospect of future energy scarcity, are taking matters into their own hands to reduce consumption at households and universities, and to … Continued

06.29.07 - 1:00pm

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A new coalition is taking on pollution from California’s booming ports–by connecting the labor rights of truckers to the environmental rights of port communities. Brian Edwards-Tiekert interviews Doug Bloch of the Coalition for Clean and Safe Ports and Ali Rafiat, a Port of Oakland driver. California’s Ports are magnets for diesel pollution from ships, trains, … Continued

06.22.07 - 1:00pm

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James Alamillo from Heal the Bay talks about his group’s report card on California beaches and lets us know which are safe and which are contaminated and Kristan Markey from the Environmental Working Group who will share his group’s recent findings on which sunscreens are safe and effective and which ones come up short.

06.15.07 - 1:00pm

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Last fall, California committed to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2050 – Now, it just has to figure out how. Governor Schwarzenegger is backing a market-based approach that may divide the environmental community. Brian Edwards-Tiekert moderates a discussion with Dale Bryck, an attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council who sits on the … Continued

06.08.07 - 1:00pm

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Green Your Money! Join Terra Verde to learn the "nuts and bolts" of how to make your finances green, whether you just have a checking account or you have sizable financial investments.

06.01.07 - 1:00pm

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05.25.07 - 1:00pm

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Dana Dillworth, cofounder of Citizens’ League for Environmental Action and Michael Warburton with the Public Trust Alliance in conversation with Terra Verde on Global Warming and toxic landfills in the Bay Area.